Glove-fastening



(M0del.)

F. SCHRAMLING, Sr. Glove Fastening.

No. 243,164. Patented June 21,1881.

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FREDERICK SOHRAMLING, SR., OF SABULA, IOWA.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,164, dated June 21, 1881.

Application filed April 14, 1881, (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK SOHRAM- LING, Sr., of Sabula, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Glove-Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate closing and fastening gloves, mittens, shoes,&c.

Theinvention consists in a metal strip or plate with side lugs or flanges, in combination with two wires attached to the opposite lapels of a glove or mitten, the other ends of which wires are bent and passed loosely through apertures in the ends of the strip, and are prevented from being drawn out of these apertures by knobs or buttons at the ends of these Wires.

' The glove is closed by turuin g the flanged strip sponding parts.

A metal plate or strip, A, is provided with longitudinal flanges B, projecting in the same direction, and having their edges beveled from the ends toward the middle; or the plate may be provided with two central side lugs in place of the flanges. The ends of wires 0 C are bent and passed through apertures in the ends of the strip A, and are provided with knobs, buttons, or heads D, to keep them from beingdrawn out of the apertures in the ends of the strip A. The outer ends of the wires 0 O are passed through and fastened to the opposite lapels G G of a glove, E, back from the edge of the opening of the glove a distance equal to about one half the length of the strip A. The ends of the wires can be bent over to form hooks for securing them to the glove; or they maybe provided with heads for the same purpose, or may be secured in any other suitable manner.

The above-described device can be used for gloves, mittens, shoes, &c.

The operation is as follows: If the strip A and the wires 0 O are in the position shownin Fig. l, the glove is open. If the same is to be closed, the strip A is turned either from right to left or from left to right in such a manner that the wires will cross each other longitudinallyunder thestripAand between the flanges or side lugs, B B, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the edges of the lapels D D of the glove are drawn together, and thus the glove is closed. The flanges B or side lugs keep the wiresG-betweenthem, thus preventing the plate or strip from being turned to open the glove; but if this strip A is raised it can be turned conveniently in either direction, and the glove can be opened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A glove-fastening made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a plate with flanges or side lugs, in combination with two wires loosely attached to the ends of this plate or strip, as set forth, the outer ends of these wires adapted to be attached to opposite sides of the glove-opening.

2. The glove fastening consisting of the plate or strip A and the wires 0 0, provided with the heads or buttons D, substantially as herein shown and described, adapted to be secured to a glove or other analogous article, for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses W. H. G. SUGG, H. 0. Ross. 

